About this Release

In each release there may be new features and functions that require one or all of the following:

· Purchase of a module to access

· User Training

· Specific process to be used to ensure the correct functioning

Please read the release notes and the corresponding manual pages to ensure that you understand the changes being made, what module they are associated with, and how they impact your business processes.

If you have any questions about anything in a release, please contact support either by phone or through a Redmine ticket.

 Release Notes for CareRight 6.83

Major Features

Ruby version upgrade

The underlying version of Ruby supported by the CareRight platform now defaults to 2.6.

Admissions > Accurals

CareRight now supports the calculate likely accommodation charges for a given patient, applying all of the contractual rules configured (ie: step downs). 

Click here view the Accrual Guide

Accounting > Aged Debtors Report

CareRight provides a built in, standardised Aged Debtors Report. This replaces the previously available aged accounts dataset views; and permits a more accurate calculation of debt as at a specific date.

Deprecation > Invoice Reports

In CareRight 6.41 (2017), we removed the ability to create new Invoice Reports from the system. With 6.83, we've now fully removed this. If you have not done so already, we recommend migrating to a dataset based report for this information.

Enhancements

Dashboard > Provider > Edit > ABN Title

ABN Title can now be added to an invoice template 

Invoices > Line Items > Search by Description

A setting has been put in place to allow the search of line items by description.

Click here to view the updated Guide

Internal ref:95252

System Administration > Users & Groups > New permission -  Can run statutory reports

There is now a separate permission to run Statutory Reports. All existing groups with the System Administration role have been migrated to also include this permission.

Click here to view the updated Guide

Internal ref:95319

System Administration > Correspondence > Letter Templates > Replacement Variables > Formatting of Tables

We now default to having borders around all tabular information, consistently.

Internal ref:95358

System Administration  > Accounting Setup > Allow opening balances

To simplify and improve the accounting model within the CareRight platform, the ability to create Opening Balances is disabled by default. This feature will be restricted in use to only apply to clients who migrate from other platforms, as an interim measure.

Click here for the updated Guide

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System Administration  > Provider Setup > Prescribing > Validate maxlength of prescriber number as 7 digits

In previous versions, a provider without a Prescriber Number could write a prescription and the printed "Prescriber No" would be blank. A Prescriber Number is now required to write a prescription.

Prescriber Numbers which were previously recorded as 8 digits with leading zeroes will need to be edited before they can write a prescription.

Internal ref:95034

Statutory Reporting  > VAED > Ability to exclude cancelled admissions

Where a specific admission is being included when it should not, you can now opt to exclude it from VAED.

Internal ref:95862

Locations > Account Balance > Add date range filters

Where an organisation has old debt (greater than 3 or 6 years, depending on state legislation) that has not been written on in the system, it can be now excluded from viewing the balances for a given period.

Click here to view the updated Guide

Internal ref:95278

Defects & minor enhancements

• Statutory Reporting - DVA admissions without an Invoice were not written to a separate DVA insurer file (QHAPDC)
• List views (Patient notices) - text areas format differently
• Clinical Note options new ones added not appearing in Alphabetical order, inactive items shown
• Medicare - Intermittent Error 2030 - data range search - improve UI restrictions
• Appointments
  • Improved use of appointment editor permissions to restrict UI controls
  • Referral warnings now state the specific provider when creating an appointment. A practice referral may still be available.
• Patient Import
  • Fix issues with Title (Mr, Ms) not importing correctly
• Patient Export - Fix assorted minor issues
  • Patient with slashes / non-ascii characters in name
  • Patient with a document without created_at
  • Patient with assessments with very long names to check truncation
  • Patient without any medications
  • Now includes correspondence, appointments, diagnoses
• Admissions
  • Fix behaviour with timestamps when checking for current admission across all database engines
  • Regression with adding Misc Service Codes
  • Fix defects viewing cancelled admissions
  • Preadmission OEC Dates now consistent
• Receipts - remove legacy code
• Programs
  • Programs - Admission List - Improve Sort Order to see most recent to least recent
  • Programs - Attendance List - Improve Sort Order to see most recent to least recent
  • Programs Waitlist - Unable to enroll from it, deletes entry when trying to
• Estimates
  • Currency formatting now renders properly
  • Invoices & Credits - List - Formatting of Total
  • Correspondence - New Email (new quote email) - Capitalise the Send button properly
  • New Patient Account - Fix Label
  • OECW - Ensure patient IRN is rendering
  • Add line item - Undefined method inpatient_rate for nilclass
  • Remove line item button should be styled better
  • Print selected controls removed from list views
  • Consistent wording
• Assessments - Fix location based assessments
• MyHealthRecord > ActionView::Template::Error: undefined method `ihi_validity_period' for nil:NilClass
• Claiming
  • Exclude Morphology codes from IHC claims
  • Ensure ventilation hours behaviour is correct in IHC claims
  • Fix availability of "Unprepare" button
  • Prevent batch being sent multiple times
  • System Admin > Claim Contracts > Edit > Select Guarantors > Includes inactive guarantors
  • Payment From Guarantor - Eclipse, Manual - Receipt does not get Guarantor populated correctly
• Reallocation: The "Billed" column now features clickable amounts, to avoid data transcription errors.
• Custom Templates
  • Now warned if invalid fonts are detected
  • Templates validated on list view
• Results
  • When matching to a patient, merged patient records are no longer displayed
• Datasets
  • Possible to enter a malformed version number, which prevents copying later.
  • It is now possible to delete old datasets and the associated reports
• Clinical Notes
  • Fix restrictions on new clinical note "10 most recent" form.
• Tasks
  • No longer relies on 'tasks enabled' as a global setting. Users require appropriate permissions set.